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0. J. WEINMAN & E. E. EUGHBNHOFER. GAS ENGINE STARTER. No. 569,365. Patented 001;. 13, 1896.

Invennors Attorney.

vvitnes 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN J. IVEINMAN AND EDIVARD E. EUOHENHOFER, OF DAYTON,

OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE DAYTON GAS ENGINE AND MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GAS-ENG N E STARTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,365, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed July 15, 1896. Serial No. 599,212. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: which the valve-rod can be rotated, while a Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN J. WEIN- spiral spring 2) keeps the valve 0 in its seat d MAN and EDWARD E. EUOHENHOFER, citizens in the cylinder-head. The valve-rod D carof the United States, residing at Dayton, in ries at its inner end a milled or roughened the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, head 6, which is turned slightly eccentric of have invented certain new and useful Imthe rod, as shown in Fig. 2. Opposite the provements in Gas-Engine Starters, of which milled head 6 the stop-cock Fis screwed into the following is a full, clear, and exact dethe cylinder B. This stop-cock F has the scription, reference being had to the accomusual plug G, turned by thumb-screw f, with panying drawings, forming part of this specicentral opening through the plug, so that iication. when the stop-cock is open there is a straight Our invention relates to devices for furopen passage-way for the insertion of a match nishing the spark to obtain the initial explog. Before the match is inserted the valvesion in starting gas or gasolene engines. It rod is first turned so that the short side of is usual to ignite the gases of such engines the eccentric head 6 is presented to the openby electrical igniters, the current being gening in the stop-cock and the match is pushed crated by the gas-engine itself, and with such in until the head of the match comes in conengines, in order to start the machine, inastact with the milled head. Then the thumbmuch as there is no current when the machine screw f is turned at right angles to its open isat rest,itis necessaryto supplysomemethod position, thus breaking off the match and of igniting for the initial explosion. This closing the match-opening. The crank-hanhas heretofore been accomplished by an ordidle E is then turned, bringing the long side nary friction-match, but there is usually left of the milled head against the match, which an opening where the match is inserted, alis struck, thus igniting the gas in the chamlowing an outlet for the expanding gas, and her O and in the explosion-chamben moreover, inasmuch as the means employed In order that the burned match may be for striking the match mustbe operated from readily removed, the device is preferably atthe outside, the gas can also usually escape tached to the machine with the match pasthrough the passage-way for theigniter. It is sage way extending vertically upward, so to remedy these defects and supply a device that when the stop-cock is again opened the for igniting the match which shall be airburned matchwill drop out of its own weight. tight to prevent the escape of gas and in It will be seen from the above construction which the match can be readily ignited and that after the match is inserted and broken when burned easily removed that our invenoff all the openings into the chamber 0 are tion is directed. tightly closed, so that there can be no escape It consists of a certain novel construction for the gas as it is exploded and the force of and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter the explosion will be utilized in driving the more particularly pointed out and claimed. piston to startthe machine.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central lon- Having thus described our invention,what gitudinal section of our improved starter. we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 0 Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the igniter-rod, cut, islooking toward its milled head. 1. In a gas-engine starter, the combination,

A is a portion of the cylinder-wall of the with a rod provided with a striking-head, and ignition-chamber of a gasengine. Screwed means for rotating the rod, of a passage-way into this wall at any suitable point is the cylfor the insertion of a match up to the strik- 5 inder 13, forming a small chamber 0, open ing-head, substantially as shown and deinto the explosion chamber. Passing through scribed.

a central opening in the head a of the cylin- 2. lnagas-engine starter, the combination, der is a valve rod or stem D, carrying at its with a rod provided with a striking-head and outer end a crankhandle E, by means of means for rotating the rod, of a passage-way. Ioo

for the insertion of a match up to the strikin g-head, and valve to close the passage-way when the match is inserted, substantially as shown and described.

3. In ages-engine starter, the combination, with a rod, carrying a Valve and a strikinghead, and means for rotating the rod, of a passage-way for the insertion of a match up to the striking-head, and valve to close the passage-way when the match is inserted, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a gas-engine starter, the combination, with a rod carrying a Valve, with spring for holding the Valve in its seat, and means for rotating the rod, said rod having at its inner end a striking-head mounted eccentrically of the rod, of a stop-cock opening opposite the striking-head, with valve therefor, through which the match is passed and whereby the match is broken 0E at the closing of the stopcock valve, substantially as shown and described.

OHRISTIAN J. \VEINMAN.

EDVARD E. EUOHENHOFER.

In presence of P. J. TORTMAN, E. J. FINKE. 

